Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope Page #21

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LEIA:

What?

TARKIN:

You're far too trusting. Dantooine

is too remote to make an effective

demonstration. But don't worry. We

will deal with your Rebel friends

soon enough.

LEIA:

No!

INT. DEATH STAR - BLAST CHAMBER

VADER:

Commence primary ignition.

A button is pressed which switches on a panel of lights. A

hooded Imperial soldier reaches overhead and pulls a lever.

Another lever is pulled. Vader reaches for still another

lever and a bank of lights on a panel and wall light up. A

huge beam of light emanates from within a cone-shaped area

and converges into a single laser beam out toward Alderaan.

The small green planet of Alderaan is blown into space dust.

INT. MILLENNIUM FALCON - CENTRAL HOLD AREA

Ben watches Luke practice the lightsaber with a small "seeker"

robot. Ben suddenly turns away and sits down. He falters,

seems almost faint.

LUKE:

Are you all right? What's wrong?

BEN:

I felt a great disturbance in the

Force... as if millions of voices

suddenly cried out in terror and

were suddenly silenced. I fear

something terrible has happened.

Ben rubs his forehead. He seems to drift into a trance. Then

he fixes his gaze on Luke.

BEN:

You'd better get on with your

exercises.

Han Solo enters the room.

HAN:

Well, you can forget your troubles

with those Imperial slugs. I told

you I'd outrun 'em.

Luke is once again practicing with the lightsaber.

HAN:

Don't everyone thank me at once.

Threepio watches Chewbacca and Artoo who are engrossed in a

game in which three-dimensional holographic figures move

along a chess-type board.

HAN:

Anyway, we should be at Alderaan

about oh-two-hundred hours.

Chewbacca and the two robots sit around the lighted table

covered with small holographic monsters. Each side of the

table has a small computer monitor embedded in it. Chewbacca

seems very pleased with himself as he rests his lanky fur-

covered arms over his head.

THREEPIO:

Now be careful, Artoo.

Artoo immediately reaches up and taps the computer with his

stubby claw hand, causing one of the holographic creatures

to walk to the new square. A sudden frown crosses Chewbacca's

face and he begins yelling gibberish at the tiny robot.

Threepio intercedes on behalf of his small companion and

begins to argue with the huge Wookiee.

THREEPIO:

He made a fair move. Screaming about

it won't help you.

HAN:

(interrupting)

Let him have it. It's not wise to

upset a Wookiee.

THREEPIO:

But sir, nobody worries about

upsetting a droid.

HAN:

That's 'cause droids don't pull

people's arms out of their socket

when they lose. Wookiees are known

to do that.

THREEPIO:

I see your point, sir. I suggest a

new strategy, Artoo. Let the Wookiee

win.

Luke stands in the middle of the small hold area; he seems

frozen in place. A humming lightsaber is held high over his

head. Ben watches him from the corner, studying his movements.

Han watches with a bit of smugness.

BEN:

Remember, a Jedi can feel the Force

flowing through him.

LUKE:

You mean it controls your actions?

BEN:

Partially. But it also obeys your

commands.

Suspended at eye level, about ten feet in front of Luke, a

"seeker", a chrome baseball-like robot covered with antennae,

hovers slowly in a wide arc. The ball floats to one side of

the youth then the other. Suddenly it makes a lightning-swift

lunge and stops within a few feet of Luke's face. Luke doesn't

move and the ball backs off. It slowly moves behind the boy,

then makes another quick lunge, this time emitting a blood

red laser beam as it attacks. It hits Luke in the leg causing

him to tumble over. Han lets loose with a burst of laughter.

HAN:

Hokey religions and ancient weapons

are no match for a good blaster at

your side, kid.

LUKE:

You don't believe in the Force, do

you?

HAN:

Kid, I've flown from one side of

this galaxy to the other. I've seen

a lot of strange stuff, but I've

never seen anything to make me believe

there's one all-powerful force

controlling everything. There's no

mystical energy field that controls

my destiny.

Ben smiles quietly.

HAN:

It's all a lot of simple tricks and

nonsense.

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